Bijou Basin, Colorado

Bijou Basin, Colorado
ghost town
Early El Paso County Colorado map. Bijou Basin was five miles southeast of Sidney in northeastern El Paso County
Early El Paso County Colorado map. Bijou Basin was five miles southeast of Sidney in northeastern El Paso County
Bijou Basin is located in the United States
Bijou Basin
Bijou Basin
Location of Bijou Basin, Colorado.
Bijou Basin is located in Colorado
Bijou Basin
Bijou Basin
Bijou Basin (Colorado)
Coordinates: 39°07′24″N 104°27′37″W / 39.1234°N 104.4602°W / 39.1234; -104.4602
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyEl Paso[1]
Elevation
6,400 ft (2,000 m)
Time zoneUTC−07:00 (MST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−06:00 (MDT)

Bijou Basin is an extinct town located in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The townsite is located at coordinates 39°07′24″N 104°27′37″W / 39.1234°N 104.4602°W / 39.1234; -104.4602 at an elevation of 6,400 feet (2,000 m). Travelers could take post road 49 to the settlement.[2] It was located five miles southeast of another early settlement, Sidney.[3]

History

The Bijou Basin, Colorado Territory, post office operated from April 8, 1869, until March 30, 1907.[4] Colorado became a state on August 1, 1876.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Colorado Counties". Colorado Department of Local Affairs. Retrieved January 27, 2025.
  2. ↑ George A. Crofutt (1885). Crofutt's Grip-sack Guide of Colorado: A Complete Encyclopedia of the State. Overland Publishing Company. p. 72.
  3. ↑ "Place Names of Colorado" (PDF). Denver Public Library. p. 68. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ Bauer, William H.; Ozment, James L.; Willard, John H. (1990). Colorado Post Offices 1859–1989. Golden, Colorado: Colorado Railroad Historical Foundation. ISBN 0-918654-42-4.
  5. ↑ Ulysses S. Grant (August 1, 1876). "Proclamation 230—Admission of Colorado into the Union". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
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